This seminar will discuss the legal challenges regions encounter in developing ehealth policies and will alow regions to learn from each other's successes and setbacks on how to overcome these.
For further information and to register, please click here.
The March 2008 edition of our newsletter "What's new Committee 2?" is dedicated to e-Health.
Learn about the latest developments in ehealth and upcoming events!
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At the invitation of the European Commission (DG Information Society) the AER's delegation participated in the eHealth Ministerial Conference, which was exclusively addressed to national governments of the EU Member States.
The theme of the Conference was:
'eHealth Without Frontiers'.
The AER delegations to the Conference have provided the briefing notes for the AER's members. To consult them click here (please notice that only AER's Members have an access).
This working meeting allowed participants to:
- tell other regions what they are currently working on in ehealth
- inform us of their future priorities in ehealth
- discuss with other regions possible cooperation and funding opportunities, find partners or join projects
The outcomes of the meeting and the presentations made are available on the event page - please click here.
The region of Norrbotten (S), in cooperation with the AER and DG SANCO, organised a workshop during the Open Days 2007 entitled "Fostering cross-border cooperation for healthcare and accessibility to health services" (Wednesday 10 October, 17:00-19:00).
The aim of this meeting was to discuss and develop the activities of the AER e-health network and to allow regions to update each other on developments in their projects.
For further information on this meeting and the agenda, please click here.
The AER e-he@lth network was launched with a seminar on e-health, held in Brussels on 15 February 2007.
Organised jointly by the AER and the County Council of Norrbotten (S) in June 2006, this conference highlighted the potential of e-health not only to improve the management and delivery of health services, but also to contribute to a region's overall economic development and competitiveness.
The European Commission has published a draft recommendation on e-health interoperability. You can download the AER Contribution as adopted by the General Assembly in Udine (FVG-I) on 8. November 2007 below.
Further information is available on the Commission website - please click here.
For further information on the European Commission's activities in e-health, please click here.
For information on funding opportunities under the EC FP7, including calls for proposals, please click here.